Time’s up for the Yes2Rail blog, which I launched on June 30, 2008 as a paid consultant on Honolulu's elevated rail project. Yes2Rail’s August 13, 2012 post was its last following the author's move to Sacramento, CA. You’re invited to read four-plus years of information-packed entries, many of which are linked at our “aggregation site.” Look for the paragraph with red copy in the right-hand column, below. Mahalo for all the positive comments Yes2Rail received since its start.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Anti-Railer’s Spin of Rail Study Has Hollow Sound

Panos Prevedouros weighs in again with another of his typically high-energy, low-persuasion columns at Hawaii Reporter, and once again, we urge you to read it.

We previously directed you to his columns precisely because their arguments help the rail project much more than they deter it. His latest piece attempts to boost Infrastructure Management Group’s study on Honolulu rail’s financial plan that was ordered up by anti-rail Linda Lingle in her final months as governor.

“Even (IMG’s) ‘best-case’ scenario is considerably more pessimistic than the one currently being used to manage state government,” Miyamoto wrote, yet Prevedouros relies on it to conclude that if rail is built, “the city cannot build anything. For 30 years.”

Prevedouros wants to be mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. He has run on the “I’ll stop rail in its tracks” single-issue platform twice already and says he’ll run again in 2012 when Mayor Carlisle’s two-year term ends. We’ll continue calling your attention to his columns, and it’s likely his future election opponents will do the same.

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

After reading just the first few lines, a yawn escapes from me. His "reporting" reminds me of the movie "Ground Hog Day." Over and over, the same mantra and always without any substance--just his personal opinion as to why rail is bad for Hawaii. He should spend his time more valuably, while reading important information concerning the benefits of rail. Highways are expensive too, and H3 doesn't help me get home on the east side, but it does benefit people on the North Shore, and, occasionally me if I go there, but it is convenient and gives those people on the North Shore an avenue of travel they wouldn't otherwise have. Kukua. Enough already Panos.

Thank you, Anonymous. Yes....it's the same thing, over and over again. Panos is a highway expert, not a transit expert, so it figures he's against Honolulu rail for whatever reasons he wants to throw out there.

This Isn't Political

Yes2Rail is a blog about the Honolulu rail transit project, which has become the key issue in this year’s mayoral race. We comment on the candidates’ plans to address Oahu’s growing congestion problem and whether those plans could meet the need as well as elevated rail can and will. That’s not the same as criticizing the candidates, and we urge our readers to recognize the difference.

Another red-light runner meets Denver at-grade train, 6.13.12

Honolulu rail will be elevated, with zero possibility for accidents like those shown in this column in cities with at-grade systems. Visit our "aggregation site" for much more on why elevated rail is the only reasonable way to build Honolulu rail.

What riding the train will avoid

Bus Accident Aftermath on H-1

'Black Tuesday'--9/5/06 Crash Produced Nightmare Commute

Typical H-1 Traffic

About Me

After five years of active-duty service as an Army officer with duty stations in West Berlin and South Vietnam, reported and edited for newspapers and broadcast stations (including all-news radio) in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and Honolulu. Covered Honolulu city government for the Honolulu Advertiser and KGMB-TV. Served on Congressman Cec Heftel's staff in Honolulu and Washington, then managed corporate communications and was Hawaiian Electric Company's spokesman for nearly a decade. A communications consultant for 19 years before moving to California in 2012. Launched, produced and hosted Hawaii Public Radio's "live" weekly "Energy Futures" public affairs program in 2009-10. Authored books on The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("Punchbowl" 1982) and on the decline of standard grammar in business and society ("Me and Him Are Killing English!" 2007). Now an information officer with the California Department of Water Resources.